[House Report 109-141]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



109th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    109-141

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2475, INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION 
                        ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006

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   June 20, 2005.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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    Mr. Putnam, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                      [To accompany H. Res. 331] 

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 331, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2475, the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, under a 
structured rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill.
    The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment 
printed in part A of this report, shall be considered as 
adopted and shall be considered as read.
    The rule makes in order the amendment printed in part B of 
this report, if offered by Representative Maloney of New York 
or her designee, which shall be considered as read, and which 
shall be debatable for 30 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent. The rule waives 
all points of order against the amendment printed in part B of 
this report. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The Committee on Rules is not aware of any points of order 
against consideration of the bill. The waivers of all points of 
order are prophylactic in nature.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of 
each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together 
with the names of those voting for and against, are printed 
below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 81

    Date: June 20, 2005.
    Measure: H.R. 2475, Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006.
    Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter.
    Summary of motion: To make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers for the amendment offered by Mr. Waxman, 
which would establish an independent commission to investigate 
detainee abuses.
    Results: Defeated 4 to 6.
    Vote by members: Hastings (WA)-- Nay; Putnam--Nay; Capito--
Nay; Bishop--Nay; Gingrey--Nay; Slaughter--Yea; McGovern--Yea; 
Hastings (FL)--Yea; Matsui--Yea; Dreier--Nay.

          PART A--SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED 

    (Summary of amendment derived from information provided by 
the sponsor.)
    Hoekstra: Manager's Amendment. Strikes Section 305 of the 
Committee substitute, clarifying language dealing with 
personnel transfers to new National Intelligence Centers, as 
well as Sections 303 and 401 of the substitute, clarifying 
overseas coordination authorities of the Director of National 
Intelligence and the Director of the Central Intelligence 
Agency, respectively.

               PART B--SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT MADE IN ORDER

    (Summary of amendment derived from information provided by 
the sponsor.)
    Maloney/Shays: Requires the President, if the National 
Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) is not fully operational by June 
17, 2005, to provide Congress written justification as to why 
the Center is not fully operational. Justification would be 
required to be updated every thirty days until the NCTC is 
fully implemented and operational. (30 minutes)

            PART A--TEXT OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

  Strike the following:
    (1) Section 303 (page 8, line 1, through page 9, line 8).
    (2) Section 305 (page 9, line 19, through page 10, line 
17).
    (3) Title IV (page 15, line 1, through page 16, line 5).

                PART B--TEXT OF AMENDMENT MADE IN ORDER

  At the end of title III (page 14, after line 23) insert the 
following:

SEC. 310. REPORTS ON FAILURE TO TIMELY IMPLEMENT THE NATIONAL 
                    COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER.

  (a) Initial Report on Failure To Meet Deadlines Imposed Under 
Law.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the President shall provide written notice to 
Congress explaining the failure of the executive branch to 
implement the National Counterterrorism Center, as established 
under section 119 of the National Security Act of 1947, as 
added by section 1021 of the National Security Intelligence 
Reform Act of 2004 (title I of the Intelligence Reform and 
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004; Public Law 108-458), by the 
deadlines imposed under section 1097(a) of such Act for the 
implementation of such Center, including the failure by the 
President to nominate an individual to serve as Director of the 
National Counterterrorism Center.
  (b) Subsequent Monthly Updates.--The President shall provide 
to Congress monthly updates to the initial notice to Congress 
under subsection (a) until the National Counterterrorism Center 
is fully implemented and operational.

                                  
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